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Gun Control and Propaganda

By

Edward Harris Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated May 13, 1999 12:23 a.m. ET

Gun Control? National Rifle Association www.nra.org In the wake of the Littleton, Colo., school shooting, gun control has elbowed its way back into the American political consciousness and recent polls indicate that gun-control advocates are marshaling support. While many Internet denizens support gun-owners' rights, gun-control proponents have also posted their own positions. The National Rifle Association is the elder statesman of gun owners' advocacy, and its Web site reflects the different needs of its varied constituencies. There is the expected overt proselytizing for gun-owners' rights, as well as basic...